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The Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1966: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on January 20, 1966Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 January 1966402,893 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 20, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
402,893 km250,346 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1966 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 13, 196620:00
New Moon (after)Friday, January 21, 196615:46

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Thursday, January 20, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 1965 to the new moon of January 21, 1966, a cycle of 29.78 days.